There is clearly no love lost between Marc Ó Sé and Sean Cavanagh.

In his Irish Mail On Sunday column today, Ó Sé hits out at his former adversary for his recent criticism of Tyrone manager Mickey Harte and a flashpoint during last January's All-Ireland club IFC semi-final between An Ghaeltacht and Moy when Éanna Ó Chonchúir was sent off after Cavanagh brought an off-the-ball incident to the linesman's attention.

"Afterwards he explained away the incident by saying that if I was in his boots. I would have done the same thing. Well, here's the thing, if I was in his boots I wouldn't have gone running snitching to a linesman looking for a fellow player to be sent off," the former Kerry defender wrote.

"I am not trying to sell myself as a virtue of honour - I have reddened the ears of many a referee loooking for a free here and a foul called over there - but I have never, ever, sought to have an opponent sent off.

"If the referee misses something then you suck it in and let it add fuel to your fire. We talk about manliness in our game but where is the manliness in trying to get a referee to sort out your problem."

Ó Sé also says Cavanagh was wrong to criticise his former manager for the style of play Tyrone are employing.

"The lowest blow of all was Cavanagh's suggestion that Harte's management style was too autocratic for Tyrone's good," he continued.

"For pity's sake, he was the captain, the voice of the players, who should have made himself heard if that was true. He should have said what he thought to Harte's face, rather than mouth off behind his back."

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